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Hybrid rope or hybrid strand

a hybrid rope and rope technology, applied in the field of hybrid ropes, can solve the problems of excessive weight of cables with metallic cores and limited payloads, and achieve the effects of low weight and volume, high breaking load level, and sufficient corrosion resistan

Active Publication Date: 2017-07-18
BRIDON INT LTD +1
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[0010]It is another object of the present invention to devise a hybrid rope having low weight and volume in comparison with their strength and the method to produce thereof.
[0034]The invention ropes can be used for e.g. mooring offshore platforms or deep sea installation which make it possible to go deeper with their lighter weight compared with full steel ropes. The invention ropes are lighter, strong and thus suitable to be applied as aerial ropes, e.g. for cableway or “teleferic”. In contrast to the conventional aerial ropes, the application of the invention ropes obtains a higher cable span in addition to less sag. As another example, the invention rope can also applied as hoist or hauling ropes for traction winches or mining. An existing hoist rope for mining has normally a weight around 15 kg / m. This means the weight of rope by itself already takes up 30 tons if a 2 km length rope is in use. When a same length of invention rope having a weight of about 8 kg / m is used, then the weight of rope is only 16 tons. Therefore, the invention hybrid ropes significantly increase the load-bearing capacity or payload and provide the possibility of digging deeper mines. Moreover, the invention hybrid ropes due to their light weight are also beneficial for structural constructions, e.g. for bridges or stadiums, commercial fishing, cranes, elevators, installation.

Problems solved by technology

The cable with metallic core has a disadvantage of being exceedingly heavy in long lengths.
This is because, during such use, the weight of rope by itself already takes up a large part of its load-bearing capacity and winch load capacity; the payload is correspondingly limited.

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[0050]FIG. 4 is a cross-section of an invention hybrid rope according to the invention. The invention hybrid rope 40 comprises a fiber core 42, first metallic wirelike members 44 and second metallic wirelike members 46. The hybrid rope 40 may have a diameter ranging from 10 mm to 400 mm. The hybrid rope 40 as illustrated in FIG. 4 has a “32×7c+26×7c+FC SsZs, SzZz or ZzSz” rope construction. The term “32×7c+26×7c+FC SsZs” refers to a rope design with the second metallic layer (most outside layer) having 32 strands (i.e. second metallic wirelike members 46) with a rotating direction of “S”, wherein each strand contains 7 compacted filaments with a rotating direction of “s”, the first metallic layer having 26 strands (i.e. first metallic wirelike members 44) with a rotating direction of “Z”, wherein each strand contains 7 compacted filaments with a rotating direction of “s”, and a fiber core (abbreviated as FC). The rope construction as shown in table 1 are denoted in a similar way. Th...

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[0058]FIG. 6 is a cross-section of an invention hybrid rope according to the invention. As an example, the illustrated hybrid rope has a construction of “34+24+FC SZ”. The invention hybrid rope 60 comprises a fiber core 62, a extruded thermoplastic layer 63 around the core 62, first metallic wirelike members 64, second metallic wirelike members 66 and a thermoplastic protection layer 68.

[0059]As an example, a coating of a plastomer EXACT™ 0230 is extruded on the core of the rope using a Collin™ 45 mm single screw extruder. Polyethylene (PE) is extruded on the entire rope as a protection layer.

[0060]It goes without saying that either only an extruded coating on the core (and no extruded layer on the entire rope) or merely an extruded layer on the entire rope (and no extruded coatings on the core) are also within the scope of the invention. In addition, an additional coating / extruded layer can be added in between the two metallic layers to avoid fretting in between the metallic layers...

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Abstract

A hybrid rope (40) or a hybrid strand (50) comprising a core element (42, 52), a first (44, 54) and a second (46, 56) metallic closed layer surrounding said core element (42, 52). The core element (42, 52) includes a bundle of synthetic yarns. The first metallic closed layer (44, 54) includes a plurality of first strands of wires helically twisted together with the core element (42, 52) in a first direction. The second metallic closed layer (46, 56) includes a plurality of second wires or strands helically twisted together with said core element (42, 52) and said first metallic closed layer (44, 54) in a second direction. The cross-sectional area of the core element (42, 52) is larger than the total cross-sectional area of the first (44, 54) and second (46, 56) metallic closed layers. A corresponding method of producing such a hybrid rope or hybrid strand is also disclosed.

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The invention relates to a hybrid rope comprising a core element and outer metallic closed layers, to the termination of the rope and to a method of producing such a hybrid rope.BACKGROUND ART[0002]Conventional wire ropes and cables normally feature a metallic core surrounded by an outer layer of helically laid steel wire or wire strands. The cable with metallic core has a disadvantage of being exceedingly heavy in long lengths.[0003]Therefore, ropes with a core of natural or synthetic fibers twisted together with metallic wire strands, i. e. so called hybrid ropes, are introduced to impart various characteristics to the ropes depending on the type of natural or synthetic fibers used.[0004]An advantage of a hybrid rope in view of a fully steel rope is the lower weight of the rope and improved performance like e.g. tension and bending fatigue.[0005]The advantage of the hybrid rope in view of a fully synthetic rope, e.g. nylon, is that the hybrid rope is highly re...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): D07B1/06D07B7/16F16G11/04D07B1/16D07B3/00D07B5/00
CPCD07B1/0673D07B1/0686D07B1/0693D07B1/162D07B3/00D07B5/00D07B7/16F16G11/042D07B1/165D07B2201/102D07B2201/108D07B2201/1016D07B2201/1036D07B2201/1064D07B2201/1068D07B2201/1072D07B2201/202D07B2201/203D07B2201/204D07B2201/209D07B2201/2019D07B2201/2023D07B2201/2027D07B2201/2051D07B2201/2055D07B2201/2057D07B2201/2065D07B2201/2068D07B2201/2074D07B2201/2087D07B2205/205D07B2205/2014D07B2205/2096D07B2401/2055D07B2401/2085D07B2501/2007D07B2501/2015D07B2501/2061D07B2801/12D07B2801/24D07B2801/14D07B1/06
Inventor AMILS, XAVIERDURMUS, BESTESMEETS, PAULUS JOHANNES HYACINTHUS MARIE
Owner BRIDON INT LTD